The Brooklyn Ink

Upstate Farmers Protest in Brooklyn

Upstate farm workers protest against Brooklyn-based State Sen. Martin Dilan who voted “no” on a bill intended to improve their rights and working conditions

One Gowanus: Three Voices

Three Brooklyn residents weigh in on the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to place the Gowanus Canal on the Superfund site list.

Solidarity Against Budget Cuts

Dave “Solidarity” led budget cut protests at Brooklyn College today.

Black Leaders to Reconsider their Support of Paterson

The black political establishment of Harlem is weighing whether to continue supporting embattled Governor David Paterson, a Brooklyn district leader told the Ink earlier today.

Gowanus: The Background

by Matthew Huisman
The Environmental Protection Agency now has the legal authority to go after The City of New York and eight other polluters who for decades contributed to contamination of the Gowanus Canal. The EPA was granted the power after labeling the 1.8-mile canal that divides Red Hook and South Brooklyn from Park Slope a [...]

Gowanus Decision: Winners and Losers

By Lenore Cho and Sudip P. Mukherjee
The federal Environmental Protection Agency put the Gowanus Canal on its list of Superfund sites on Tuesday. The 1.8-mile canal in the midst of Brooklyn has been contaminated by heavy industry over the last century. Now the feds are stepping in for the big clean-up. The decision is controversial [...]

Zazi pleads guilty to terrorism charges

By Danielle Bengsch, contributed reporting Althea Fung
Najibullah Zazi listened attentively to U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie in Federal District Court in Brooklyn today as he listed the charges: Zazi was alleged to be part of a conspiracy of planning an attack with weapons of mass destruction, being part of a conspiracy to commit murder in [...]

Student MetroCard Cut Draws Ire

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Milgrew today urged the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to reverse its decision revoking the free student Metrocard program.

Arab-Americans Waiting for Change

Arab-Americans, gathered in Bay Ridge, pressed President Obama to move forward on immigration reform.

Brooklynites Unsurprised By Gay Marriage Vote Delay

By Leah Finnegan
Had the New York Senate passed a landmark bill to allow same-sex marriage Tuesday, Brooklyn couple Mark Nayden and Richard Kennedy might have finally made plans to legalize their union. Instead, the bill was shelved and the partners, together for 19 years, will have to wait – not that they were surprised [...]